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Selected passages / The words themselves

The Reading Room

A story begins when the reader gives it attention.

Open the manuscripts, read a few carefully chosen pages, and discover where the stories take you.

Choose a manuscript
The novels / Paths into the text

Choose a manuscript to enter.

Longer passages are now available in individual, distraction-free reading editions. Every passage is drawn from an author-supplied edition or a clearly labelled working manuscript. All available readings can be explored below.

Cover of Mearc
Long opening extractMearcVillage GreenOpen this reading ↗
Cover of Baddon
Complete first chapterBaddonThe First Lie Was CarvedOpen this reading ↗
Cover of Ely’s Heartbeat
Complete opening chapterEly’s HeartbeatThe Weight of StoneOpen this reading ↗
Cover of Of Mist and Omen
Long opening extractOf Mist and OmenChapter OneOpen this reading ↗
Long opening extractAwake BlissfullyThe Second TempleOpen this reading ↗
Cover of This Cold Elegy
Companion manuscript · Opening extractThis Cold ElegyThe Park Everyone RememberedOpen this reading ↗
Cover of Relics of Decay
Opening passage · First Edition (2025)Relics of DecayThe First Breath · The Nameless DawnOpen this reading ↗
Cover of Rosalyn Lane: Arcanum
The Fool and The Magician · Second Edition (2025)Rosalyn Lane: ArcanumAct One — DriftwoodOpen this reading ↗
Other rooms / Other questions

There is always another way in.

Occult studies / The person behind the fictionThe Author’s StudyEnter this room ↗Manuscripts / Work in progressAt the Writing DeskEnter this room ↗Landscapes / Real, uncertain, imaginedThe Literary AtlasEnter this room ↗